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Show Two Wrestlers Place in State Tourney Dwight Johnston, Grand County High School junior, placed 3rd in the State Wrestling Tournament at Delta last week. Moab senior sen-ior Jim Hayes, won a 4th place in the state competition. competi-tion. Johnston lost his first match to a Delta competitor who later rallied to take first place in the tourney. Johnston later got 2 pins, and a 3rd. place rating at the meet. There were no wrestlebacks, so Dwight didn't get a chance at the j 2nd place winner. I The State Champion, of Delta, beat Dwight by a slim margin of 4-0; however he is just a junior and will be trying again next year. Loses First Match Senior Jim Hayes also lost his first match to Tree from Wasatch. He came back to beat Fence, of Richfield, Rich-field, by a close 8-6, then lost his thirdi match to a strong wrestler from Morgan Mor-gan and took 4th place at the meet. Competition is rough at State, and it takes a combination com-bination of desire and stamina stam-ina to make a mark. Hayes has had a successful season and prior to State had lost no matches. He can still boast that he has not been (pinned all season. |